A Wartime Promise for the East End Girls

 A Wartime Promise for the East End Girls

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       June 2, 2026

 

Author  Jean Fullerton

Distributor:      Amazon
ISBN:                 978-1805500841
Publisher:         Bookouture
Release Date:   29 May 2026 (Kindle Edition)  

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Long awaited, the third book in the East End Girls Series, A Wartime Promise for the East End Girls, does not disappoint.  London is still suffering badly; the girls of the 906 Balloon Command are a battling against winter conditions and Nell Reilly’s family is keeping her n more than busy.

Feisty and hard working she is determined to make a new life for herself and younger sister Jo, understanding that this War is giving so many women a chance to make a change in their lives. She is not prepared to let anything she can change or control get in her way.

Her brother Frank, a man who is as devious as he is deeply involved in the black-marketeering racket, works for one of the big men in the East End, Dutch Holland; a man who is dangerous and wealthy.

As the bombing of London continues and things become more challenging at home, Tom Hunter, a man who is a deserter, joins Frank as his right-hand man. Nell finds there is something about this big Glaswegian she finds attractive but is not going down that pathway again for anyone.

As Tom settles into his role with Frank, Nell begins to see that there’s a kindness to the man that seems at odds with his tough image and begins to wonder. But all is not well at the Wapping Docks with Lily and Maureen still skiving off, one of the crew gets seriously injured and Nell is beginning to fall in love with Tom.

When she realizes Tom is not who he appears to be, she must race against time and danger as he has been set up by none other than Frank and Dutchy. Can Nell overcome terrible odds to not only save Tom but accept that in doing so she is going to destroy what remains of her tenuous links with both Frank and her mother.

Jean Fullerton continues the East End Girls saga with panache, once again delivering a story that is gritty and alive, bringing the lives of women of that era to vibrant life.

A Wartime Promise for the East End Girls can be read as a most entertaining and enjoyable stand-alone story based in the history of the London bombings of 1943.

Fiction, General, Historical